Means for facilitating the addressing of envelopes



Dec. 21 1926. 1,611,585

M. FORMAN MEANS FOR FAC'ILITATING THE ADDRESSING OF ENVELOPES Filed 0st.20, 1925 INVENTOR 971W W 1 Y 1 BY.

ATTORNEY .lopes.

25 proper addressing positiort' therein.

Patented D 21, 11926. I

Prime oFFIcE.

MARIE ronman, or saw r mncrsco, camronnm.

MEANS FOR; FACILITATING THE ADDRESSING. OF ENVELOPES.-

Application filed October 20, 1925. Serial No. 83,800.

This invention related to a novel means used with a typewriter for moreconveniently and" satisfactorily addressing enve- Heretofore it has beenthe custom in addressing envelopes, to insert each envelope to beaddressed into the typewriter, address and remove the same, andthereafter follow the same procedure for each succeeding envelope, allof which has made'the work slow and tedious. g

By means ofthe present invention, which saves both time and labor; alarge number of envelopes may be addressed without I manually insertingand removing each individual envelope into and from the typewriter asthe same is addressed.

An object of the present invention is .to

' provide a novel means for satisfactorily and conveniently addressingenvelopes.

A further object offthis invention is to provide a container-tor a.number'of envelopeswhich can be satisfactorily run through a typewriterwith the envelopes held in the A further object; of this invention is toprovide 'means for both holding a number of envelopes and their,container, and for receiving the envelopes and their container afterthey have been run through. a typewriter. 7

In the accompanying drawings: Fig. 1 is a perspective view of myenvelope container, showing the envelopes in the 85 proper positiontherein; and

Fig. 2 is a side view of a typewriter showing my invention appliedthereto in operative position,

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 4 1 represents a flat sheet, madefrom paper,

cloth or other '-suitable material, with its lateral edges 2 and 3turned over upon its body portion 4. The lateral edges 2 and-3 areturned 0r creased in such-a position and manner that a container or rackis formed wherein a number of envelopes 5, with their top and bottomedges adjacent may-be satisfactorily retained. The sheet 1 may have itsI lateral edges 2 and 3 turned or formed to fit envelopes of any desiredsize of shape, as

can be plainly seen.

The sheet l is provided with a plurality of creases'6 extendmgdaterallyacross the sheet and turned over edges 2 and 3, which said creases arelocated in the sheet'between the top and bottom edges of each envelo e.

The creases 6 permit the folding of t e sheet so that one envelope mayrest upon the other thereby providing a compact container. I have foundby marking the sheet .where the creases occur with a black line that theenvelopesmay be more easily inserted in their proper'positions withinthe sheet.

As shown 'in' Fig. 2, I have provided a pair of basketsor envelopecontainers 7 and 8 attached together with one positioned over the otherby bar 9. The two containers are secured to'the back end of a typewriter10, by a bar 11, which is connected to' container 7 and the back end ofthe typewriter. The container 7 serves to hold the sheet 1 with theunaddressed envelopes 5 therein, and as they are run through thetypewriter and addressed they are deposited in container 8.

In operation the sheet 1 which is made from any suitable material suchas paper, is folded at its lateral edges 2 and 3t,so that envelopes. ofany particular size may fit laterally across the body of the sheet andlie underneath the turned over edges ,between the body 4 of the sheetand the said edges 2 and 3. The sheet is then creased at lines 6, whichare so located laterally across the sheet as to lie between the top andbottom edges'of each envelope.- Each of the envelopes 5 are theninserted within the sheet'l under the turned over edges .2 and 3 andbetween the creases 6, so that the top of one envelope lies adjacent thebottom of the other.

The sheet 1 in a folded position with its envelopes5 therein is placedin container-7,

and, the end of the sheet is inserted under the roller 12 of thetypewriter 10. The envelopes 5 being positioned in the sheet in theirproper position for addressing, are run throughthe typewriter and afterbeing ad-' dressed are deposited in container 8 along with the sheet 1in which they are held. The envelopes may then be manually removed fromthe sheet 1 by Withdrawing them from beneath the turned. over edges 2and 3.

It is evident that various changes may be made in the form or shape ofmy invention,

and I do not desire to be limited to the exact means shown anddescribed. I therefore refer to the appended claims for a definition ofthe limits my invention may assume.

.Having described my invention, what 1 5 claim is:

A means for addressing envelopes eo1npris ing a flat sheet having itsouter edges folded to extend over the edges of a plurality of envelopespositioned with their top and bottom edges adjacent, and a plurality ofcreases located in the sheet between the envelopes whereby the sheet maybe folded to position the envelopes one on top of the other.

MARIE FORMAN.

